1955 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 75.8%. On 15 November 1955, the Japan Democratic Party and the Liberal Party combined as the modern Liberal Democratic Party, which ruled Japan for more than a half century. The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan and the Leftist Socialist Party of Japan also merged to form the Social Democratic Party of Japan, which was Japan's largest opposition party in the 1955 system.

1955 Japanese general election
27 February 1955
All 467 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ichirō Hatoyama Taketora Ogata Mosaburō Suzuki
Party Democratic Liberal Leftist Socialist
Seats won 185 114 89
Seat change New 88 17
Popular vote 13,536,044 9,925,477 5,683,312
Percentage 36.6% 26.8% 15.3%
Swing New 12.7% 2.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Sanzō Nosaka
Party Rightist Socialist Communist
Seats won 67 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 5,129,594 733,121
Percentage 13.9% 2.0%
Swing 0.4% 0.1%
Prime Minister before election

Ichirō Hatoyama
Democratic

 Elected Prime Minister

Ichirō Hatoyama
Democratic

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Results
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Japan Democratic Party13,536,04436.6185New
Liberal Party9,925,47726.8114-88
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan5,683,31215.489+17
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan5,129,59413.967+1
Japanese Communist Party733,1212.02+1
Other parties813,7842.25-1
Independents1,193,5073.25-2
Invalid/blank votes319,499---
Total37,334,338100467+1
Source: Nohlen et al.
Vote share
JDP
 
 36.57%
LP
 
 26.81%
LJSP
 
 15.35%
RJSP
 
 13.86%
JCP
 
 1.98%
Independents
 
 3.22%
Others
 
 2.20%
Parliament seats
JDP
 
 39.61%
LP
 
 24.41%
LJSP
 
 19.06%
RJSP
 
 14.35%
JCP
 
 0.43%
Independents
 
 1.07%
Others
 
 1.07%
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References
  1. Nohlen D, Grotz F, & Hartmann C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p 381. ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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